Sesquipedal

{ Ses‐quip″e‐dal (?), Ses′qui‐pe‐da″li‐an (?), } a. [Sesqui- + pedal: cf. F. sesquipédal, L. sesquipedalis.] Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; — sometimes humorously applied to long words.